It Took Studying 25,782,500 Kids To Begin To Undo The Damage Caused By 1 Doctor

It Took Studying 25,782,500 Kids To Begin To Undo The Damage Caused By 1 Doctor

Once upon a time, a scientist named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published in the medical journal The Lancet that he had discovered a link between autism and vaccines. After years of controversy and making parents mistrust vaccines, along with collecting $674,000 from lawyers who would benefit from suing vaccine makers, it was discovered he had made the whole thing up.

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